This article is part of a series in which leading commentators and policymakers give their views on alleviating the devastating global slowdown The writer is a former president of the European Central Bank The coronavirus pandemic is a human…

In several hours on Tuesday, Dr. Ashley Bray performed chest compressions at Elmhurst Hospital Center on a woman in her 80s, a man in his 60s and a 38-year-old who reminded the doctor of her fiancé. All had tested positive for the…

Three months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about, and many more whom we do not. It has crashed economies and broken health-care systems…

The 69-page document, finished in 2016, provided a step by step list of priorities – which were then ignored by the administration. Tom Bossert, who was formerly Trump's homeland security adviser, expressed enthusiasm about the playbook's…

Note: “Social distancing” also includes a reduction in large gatherings; some school closures and working from home; and efforts to support hospitals and diagnostic testing. Based on a simulation between January and late October using…